electrophysiology, the threshold potential is the critical level to which a membrane potential must be depolarized to initiate an action potential. In neuroscience...

(increases in voltage) to the threshold potential of -40 mV, upon which the cell would go on to fire the next action potential. The rate of depolarization...

postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs). Depolarizing local potentials sum together, and if the voltage reaches the threshold potential, an action potential occurs...

membrane potential to depolarize +40mV (100 x 0.4mV = 40mV) from -100mV to -60mV where it reaches threshold. Once the membrane potential reaches threshold, an...

often added to a term known as a bias (loosely corresponding to the threshold potential), before being passed through a nonlinear function known as an activation...

depolarize—the membrane potential must reach a voltage threshold more positive than the resting membrane potential. Therefore, hyperpolarisation of the postsynaptic...

threshold potential) or until it is depolarized by another action potential, coming from a neighboring cell.[citation needed] The pacemaker potential...

the threshold potential. At the axon hillock of a typical neuron, the resting potential is around −70 millivolts (mV) and the threshold potential is around...

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action potentials. However, all action potentials are begun by electrotonic potentials depolarizing the membrane above the threshold potential which converts...

from a neuron's resting membrane potential towards its threshold potential, increases the likelihood of an action potential and normally occurs with the influx...

enzymes or presynaptic reuptake. In response to a threshold action potential or graded electrical potential, a neurotransmitter is released at the presynaptic...

motility. In the human enteric nervous system, the slow-wave threshold is the slow-wave potential which must be reached before a slow wave can be propagated...

gluconate) increases threshold potential through a mechanism that is still unclear, thus restoring normal gradient between threshold potential and resting membrane...

as the pacemaker potential. Once the pacemaker potential reaches a set value, the threshold potential, it produces an action potential. Other cells within...

of membrane potential. That is, the maximum diastolic potential is less negative and therefore exists closer to the threshold potential. Cellular depolarisation...

the fixed threshold, v t h 0 {\displaystyle v_{th0}} , after every spike, causing an adaptation of the threshold. The threshold potential, v t h {\displaystyle...

2 ϕ F {\displaystyle 2\phi _{F}} is the surface potential, V T O {\displaystyle V_{TO}} is threshold voltage for zero substrate bias, γ = ( t o x / ϵ...

Excitatory post-synaptic potentials (EPSPs) depolarize the membrane and move the potential closer to the threshold for an action potential to be generated. Inhibitory...

potential is the slow depolarization because of sodium influx, and once threshold has been reached the continued depolarization due to calcium influx. Repolarization...

occur. At this stage, end-plate potentials (EPPs) can still be detected, but are too small to reach the threshold potential needed for activation of muscle...

membrane potential oscillations are membrane oscillations that do not directly trigger an action potential since they do not reach the necessary threshold for...

individual inputs, summation may or may not reach the threshold voltage to trigger an action potential. Neurotransmitters released from the terminals of a...

and other factors act on the resting potential and bring it closer to the threshold potential, an action potential is more easily and rapidly obtained...

reversal potential below threshold, such as a typical K+ current, is considered inhibitory. A current with a reversal potential above the resting potential, but...

The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. The poverty line...

If the sum of the stimuli reaches a certain voltage, known as the threshold potential, depolarization continues from the axon hillock down the axon. The...

bring the membrane potential of the sensory receptor towards the threshold for triggering an action potential. Receptor potential can work to trigger...

a clinically significant decrease in work rate at the anaerobic threshold. Potential causes include mitochondrial dysfunction, and issues with the transport...

physical sputtering threshold. Potential sputtering has only been observed for certain target species and requires a minimum potential energy. Removing atoms...